Joel Apezteguía
 Apezteguía playing for Tre Fiori in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joel Apezteguía Hijuelos | ||
| Date of birth | 17 December 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Plaza de la Revolución, Cuba | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tre Fiori | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –2008 | Industriales | 10 | (19) |
| 2008–2009 | Manresa | ||
| 2009–2010 | Nistru Otaci | 2 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Manresa | 32 | (15) |
| 2011–2012 | CF Ripollet | 20 | (10) |
| 2013–2014 | Teuta Durrës | 15 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | Tre Fiori | 1 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Utiel | 9 | (4) |
| 2016 | Fano | 3 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Gassino | 20 | (31) |
| 2017 | Chisola | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Ancona | 20 | (21) |
| 2018– | Tre Fiori | 40 | (25) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Cuba | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 March 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2021 | |||
Joel Apezteguía Hijuelos (born 17 December 1983) is a Cuban professional footballer who plays as a forward for Sammarinese team Tre Fiori.
Club career[edit]
Apezteguía had spells in the Spanish lower leagues and played in Moldova for Nistru Otaci.
Teuta[edit]
He scored four goals in an Albanian Superliga game on 2 February 2014 against KS Lushnja which ended in a 6–2 win and lifted Teuta to second place. He added another three goals to his final tally in Albania in Cup games[1][2]
CD Utiel[edit]
With CD Utiel he scored 7 goals. These were scored against Villarreal and Osasuna.
Tre Fiori[edit]
Apezteguía made his debut in the Europa League against KÍ Klaksvík, making history as the first Cuban to play in the Champions League.[3]
International career[edit]
He made his debut for Cuba national football team on 24 March 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Guatemala.[4]
Honours[edit]
Club[edit]
Tre Fiori
- Coppa Titano: 2018–19
- San Marino Federal Trophy 2019–20
- San Marino Championship 2019–20
References[edit]
- ^ "Teuta Durrës vs. Lushnja". Soccerway. 2 February 2014.
- ^ "Skënderbeu shkëputet në krye +9 pikë, Teuta vjen e dyta". Panorama Sport. 2 February 2014. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014.
- ^ "Tre Fiori: Joel Apezteguia primo cubano nella storia della Champions League". 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Guatemala v Cuba game report". FIFA. 24 March 2021. Archived from the original on June 9, 2021.
External links[edit]
- Joel Apezteguía at Soccerway
- Joel Apezteguía at FootballDatabase.eu
- Joel Apezteguía at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)
- Living people
- 1983 births
- Kategoria Superiore players
- Alma Juventus Fano 1906 players
- Men's association football forwards
- CD Utiel players
- Cuban expatriate men's footballers
- Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio players
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Albania
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Moldova
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Cuban expatriates in San Marino
- Cuban men's footballers
- Cuba men's international footballers
- CE Manresa players
- Eccellenza players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Albania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova
- Expatriate men's footballers in San Marino
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- FC Industriales players
- FC Nistru Otaci players
- KF Teuta Durrës players
- Moldovan Super Liga players
- Tre Fiori FC players
- Serie D players
- Footballers from Havana